Peril Quotes

286 Peril quotes by 225 unique authors

The animals of the planet are in desperate peril... Without free animal life I believe we will lose the spiritual equivalent of oxygen. — Alice Walker
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. — Oscar Wilde
The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though… — J.R.R. Tolkien
But I felt certain that if the world would stop indulging wars and famines and other perils, it would be possible for human beings to… — John Irving
Call a thing immoral or ugly, soul-destroying or a degradation to man, a peril to the peace of the world or to the well-being of… — E F Schumacher
A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril. — Winston Churchill
The world is indeed full of peril and in it there are many dark places. — J.R.R. Tolkien
...the characters in my books all resemble each other. They live, with minor variations, the same moments, the same perils, and when I speak of… — Jean Genet
...Human thought has no limit. At its risk and peril, it analyzes and dissects its own fascination. We could almost say that, by a sort… — Victor Hugo
There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths. Almost… — Bertrand Russell
She was right that reality can be harsh and that you shut your eyes to it only at your peril because if you do not… — Frederick Buechner
I remembered that the real world was wide, and that a varied field of hopes and fears, of sensations and excitments, awaited those who had… — Charlotte Bronte
That is the purpose for which you are called hither. Called, is say, though I have not called you to me, strangers from distant lands.… — J.R.R. Tolkien
That is why Bias jested with those who were going through the perils of a great storm with him and calling on the gods for… — Michel de Montaigne
Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain. — John F. Kennedy
Running toward danger is foolhardy. ... But so is closing your eyes to it. Many perils become less dangerous once you understand their potential hazards. — Brandon Mull
The peril of every fine faculty is the delight of playing with it for pride. Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character, and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety, and the quiet mind. Spare to us our friends, soften… — Robert Louis Stevenson
For in tremendous extremities human souls are like drowning men; well enough they know they are in peril; well enough they know the causes of… — Herman Melville
Poetical feelings are a peril to scholarship. There are always poetical people ready to protest that a corrupt line is exquisite. Exquisite to whom? The… — Tom Stoppard

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